Nicki Minaj‘s “Stupid Hoe” music video is already causing controversy. BET has reportedly banned the Young Money star’s latest video from airing on the network.

According to sources, the video is too explicit for TV and the lyrics don’t make things much better either, with Nicki singing Stupid Hoe over a million times in the song.

A rep for BET wouldn’t specify why they won’t be broadcasting it, but we should all know the answer to that one by now.

Hey … at least Nicki broke the Vevo Record of most views in 24 hours (nearly 5 million), so she’s still winning regardless!

BET‘s popular comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back!

As the #1 sitcom debut in the history of all cable TV, season 4 of The Game left viewers on the edge of their seats, and the seduction continues as infidelity, ambition, secrets and betrayal collide to make Season 5 the most compelling yet.

Picking up where it left off, the show’s 5th season features the entire principal cast, including Melanie (Tia Towry Hardrict), Derwin (Pooch Hall), Malik (Hosea Chanchez), Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) and Jason (Coby Bell), as well as notable guest appearances from R&B singer Brandy and many others.

In this week’s episode, titled “Grand Opening, Grand Closing,” Jason’s ego takes a hit when Chardonnay rejects his proposal about hooking up after their upcoming annulment. Meanwhile, Derwin is shocked to find out Melanie is living the V.I.P. life at church.

Watch “The Game” Season 5, Episode 5 below:

BET‘s popular comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back!

As the #1 sitcom debut in the history of all cable TV, season 4 of The Game left viewers on the edge of their seats, and the seduction continues as infidelity, ambition, secrets and betrayal collide to make Season 5 the most compelling yet.

Picking up where it left off, the show’s 5th season features the entire principal cast, including Melanie (Tia Towry Hardrict), Derwin (Pooch Hall), Malik (Hosea Chanchez), Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) and Jason (Coby Bell), as well as notable guest appearances from R&B singer Brandy and many others.

In this week’s episode, titled “The Black People Episode,” just when you thought things were cool between Derwin and Malik, the drama on the field continues in the locker room. There’s still bad blood between Mel and Tasha, which spills out during planning for the Saber Sunbeam fashion show where Tasha recruits guest star NeNe Leakes, and Mel is not impressed.

Meanwhile, Jason and Chardonnay (Brandy) start to hit it off and she wants him to meet all of her friends. Jason is a bit hesitant at first, but he later warms up and converses with them about various racial issues.

Watch “The Game” Season 5, Episode 4 below:

BET‘s popular comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back!

As the #1 sitcom debut in the history of all cable TV, season 4 of The Game left viewers on the edge of their seats, and the seduction continues as infidelity, ambition, secrets and betrayal collide to make Season 5 the most compelling yet.

Picking up where it left off, the show’s 5th season features the entire principal cast, including Melanie (Tia Towry Hardrict), Derwin (Pooch Hall), Malik (Hosea Chanchez), Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) and Jason (Coby Bell), as well as notable guest appearances from R&B singer Brandy and many others.

In this week’s episode, titled “No Money, Mo Problems” Derwin rehires Irv, which sets off Melanie searching for her role in life while Tasha sues Derwin and Irv for money she believes this is owed. Meanwhile, Malik is forced to evaluate his extravagant lifestyle.

Watch “The Game” Season 5, Episode 3 below:

The Season 5 premiere of BET’s most popular and most watched scripted TV series “The Game” was watched by over 5 million people Tuesday night (Jan 10), according to the Los Angeles Times.

If you recall, last year when the show’s 4th season premiered on BET after hiatus, it was watched by 7.7 million viewers, making it the top-rated ad-supported sitcom in broadcast cable history. Meanwhile, last year’s season finale reached 4.4 million viewers.

After returning for its second season on BET, though the show’s 5th season premiere performed impressively with over 5.3 million viewers, the L.A. Times notes that it failed to match last year’s record.

Still … over 5 million is pretty decent though, right?

Did you watch “The Game” Tuesday night, and if so, what did you think about it? If not … click here to watch, and then come back here to let us know your thoughts!

BET‘s popular comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back for yet another season!

As the #1 sitcom debut in the history of all cable TV, season 4 of The Game left viewers on the edge of their seats, and the seduction continues as infidelity, ambition, secrets and betrayal collide to make Season 5 the most compelling yet.

Picking up where it left off, the show’s 5th season features the entire principal cast, including Melanie (Tia Towry Hardrict), Derwin (Pooch Hall), Malik (Hosea Chanchez), Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) and Jason (Coby Bell), as well as notable guest appearances from R&B singer Brandy and many others.

Season 5′s two-part premiere episode, titled “Skeletons…The Truth Pact,” opens with Melanie grappling with Derwin’s accusation that she had an abortion.

Meanwhile, Malik and Tasha deal with a drunken Jenna. Later, Tasha corners Malik about his relationship with Jenna; and a wild night comes back to haunt Jason.

Watch the Season 5 Premiere Episode below:

It was a big night in Hollywood Thursday night (Jan 5) as BET celebrated the return of two of their original series “The Game” and “Let’s Stay Together” at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

Some of the stars who walked the red carpet of the premiere party were “The Game” actors Pooch Hall, Tia Mowry, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Hosea Chanchez and Coby Bell, as well as R&B singer/actress Brandy, singer/socialite Teyana Taylor, “Let’s Stay Together” actors RonReaco Lee and Joyful Drake, and more.

Kyla Pratt even showed up with her boyfriend/baby daddy Danny Kilpatrick, as well as Larenz Tate, Vanessa Williams, Elise Neal, The Game’s creator Mara Brock Akil and a few others.

Check out 20+ photos below:

Young Jeezy, Waka Flocka Flame, Wale, Meek Mill, Diggy Simmons, Jeremih, Tyga and others were among the acts who performed for BET’s “106 & Party” New Year’s Eve TV special, which aired on TV Saturday night (Dec 31).

Check out the photos and watch the performances below:

Young Jeezy

Diggy Simmons (f/ Jeremih)

B.o.B

Wale (f/ Jeremih)

Waka Flocka Flame

Yelawolf

Machine Gun Kelly

Meek Mill

Tyga

Maino

Future

2 Chainz

Ace Hood

French Montana

As the premiere of the 5th season of “The Game” gets closer and closer (We’re less than a month away now!), BET has decided to release a nearly 1 minute teaser clip to show viewers what to expect once the show returns to TV in January.

Check out the sneak peek below:

“The Game” Season 5 premieres on BET on January 10th at 10pm/9c!

BET aired their “A Very BET Christmas” holiday special on TV last night, featuring performances from Monica, Mindless Behavior, Robin Thicke, Lloyd, Elle Varner, Jacob Latimore and Kurtis Blow.

Watch all of the performances below:

Monica – “Oh Holy Night”

Robin Thicke – “White Christmas” / “Merry Christmas Baby”

Lloyd – “She’s All I Want For Christmas”

Mindless Behavior – “Christmas With My Girl”

Jacob Latimore – “The First Noel”

Elle Varner – “This Christmas”

Kurtis Blow – “Christmas Rappin”

Coby Bell, Tia Mowry Hardrict, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez pose in the promotional photo for the 5th season of BET's "The Game"

BET‘s top-rated scripted series “The Game” is set to return for a brand new season beginning Tuesday, January 10th 2012 at 10pm.

Via press release:

As the #1 sitcom debut in the history of all cable TV, season four of The Game left viewers on the edge of their seats.

The seduction continues as infidelity, ambition, secrets and betrayal collide to make season five the most compelling yet.

Picking up where it left off, Melanie (Tia Mowry Hardrict) contends with Derwin’s (Pooch Hall) abortion accusation; Malik (Hosea Chanchez) and Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) struggle to wrangle an intoxicated Jenna (Tika Sumpter); and Kelly (Brittany Daniel) is still off in the world trying to find herself, leaving Jason (Coby Bell) forced to come to terms with his feelings towards Black women.

The new season also ushers in a new love interest for Jason, who is sure to shake things up!

BET also revealed that R&B singer Brandy will join the cast of “The Game” as a recurring character (Maybe she’s Jason new love interest?).

According to recent reports, viewers can also expect guest appearances from Selita Ebanks, NeNe Leakes, Estelle, Shawn Marion,  Rockmond Dunbar, DeRay Davis and the Emmy Award winning Loretta Devine, among others.

“The Game,” created by Mara Brock Akil (who also created the hit UPN series “Girlfriends”), was canceled by the CW due to low viewership after three seasons back in May 2009 when it was averaging only 2 million viewers.

BET picked the show up in 2010, and its subsequent Season 4 premiere in January 2011 drew 7.7 million viewers, making it the best showing ever for the series on cable broadcast, and BET’s most watched telecast.

With renewed interest in the show and a star-studded list of guest appearances, it will most definitely be interesting to see how many people watch the show when it premieres in January 2012.

Are you looking forward to the upcoming 5th season of The Game?

Rap veteran Heavy D took it back to the old school days of Hip-Hop with his BET Hip-Hop Awards performance, which closed out the 6th annual show.

Dressed in all black, a svelte Heavy D did some smooth, choreographed dance moves as he performed a medley of his chart-topping hits, including “Nothin’ But Love,” “We Got Our Own Thing,” and “Somebody for Me,” making the audience feel like they were on a time machine that took them back to the early 90′s.

And in the middle of his set, Heavy D was joined by R&B crooner Tyrese, and the duo performed Heavy D’s 90′s club anthem “Now That We’ve Found Love.”

The 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards, hosted by comedian/actor Mike Epps, were held on October 1st in Atlanta, GA at the Civic Center, and aired on BET Tuesday night (Oct 11).

Watch Heavy D close out this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards below:

Big Sean and Roscoe Dash brought the “Marvin & Chardonnay” to the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards.

Clad in a red hoodie and jean vest combo jacket, Big Sean kicked off his BET HHAs set with “I Do It” (a song from his debut album “Finally Famous”), followed by a performance of his hit single “Marvin & Chardonnay,” featuring a guest appearance from Roscoe Dash.

Kanye West, who also appears on the song, was not in attendance at this year’s Hip-Hop Awards, and wasn’t a part of Big Sean’s performance.

Watch Big Sean & Roscoe Dash perform below:

Lupe Fiasco, dressed in a black tee with the word “occupy” printed on it, tried to make a statement as he performed his “Words I Never Said” single alongside singer Erykah Badu (who, filling in for Skylar Grey, didn’t reveal her identity until the end of the performance when she took a black veil off that was covering her face).

Watch below:

One of the biggest surprises of the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards was when DMX, whose appearance wasn’t even advertised, hit the stage and performed a medley of his hits.

Joined by Swizz Beatz as his hype-man, the growling human dog got the crowd amped up with his performances of “Get at Me Dog,” “Ruff Ryders Anthem” and “Party Up.”

Watch DMX and Swizz Beatz perform below:

Maybach Music Group‘s biggest artists — Rick Ross, Wale and Meek Mill — graced the stage of the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards, which were held earlier this month (Sat. Oct 1st) in Atlanta at the Civic Center, and aired last night (Tue. Oct 11th) on BET.

90′s R&B crooner El DeBarge, who has recently been making a comeback and popping up at almost every BET awards show, opened up the performance by singing the intro the “That Way,” which lead into Wale’s appearance, followed by fellow MMG newcomer Meek Mill, who performed his single “I’ma Boss”

With flames in the background and to much fanfare, MMG’s head honcho Rick Ross joined his artists on stage, asserting his status as a “Bawse” as he rapped along to his verse on Meek Mill’s song.

Watch MMG’s BET Hip-Hop Awards takeover below:

A shirtless Wiz Khalifa jumped around like a little maniac as he showed love to the “Taylor Gang” with his performance at this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta.

The Hip-Hop newcomer rocked a pair of skinny shorts and his signature Chuck Taylors as he chanted “Taylor,” “Gang,” “Taylor,” “Gang,” during the show that aired last night (Oct 11) on BET following its original recording in Atlanta on October 1st.

Watch Wiz Khalifa’s “Taylor Gang” performance below:

Following a grand entrance in the middle of Young Jeezy‘s performance, T.I. got the crowd amped up as he performed his new Big K.R.I.T. produced single “I’m Flexin” at the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards.

This particular performance served as Tip’s first televised performance since being released from prison last month.

Ironically, T.I. was arrested just fours hours before the 2007 BET Hip-Hop Awards outside a Walgreen’s parking lot after federal agents discovered he was purchasing an arsenal of unregistered machine guns and silencers.

The rapper recently joked that he had a “Love-Hate” relationship with the show because of that particular incident. But now, T.I. is finally out of prison and back to doing what he does best: putting on a damn good show.

Watch T.I. “flex” his rapping skills below:

Young Jeezy lit the stage on fire (literally!) as he opened up the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards with fellow ATLien T.I., who just days before was released from an Atlanta halfway house.

The BET HHAs were held October 1st in Atlanta at the Civic Center, and the show finally aired on BET last night (Oct 11).

Jeezy kicked off the festivities with his latest single “F.A.M.E. (Fake A** Mothaf**kas Envy)“ and was joined by T.I., who rapped his verse on the track, and later segued into his own solo performance of his new come-back song “I’m Flexin.”

Watch Young Jeezy and T.I. perform below:

One of BET’s highly rated nightly shows may have been cancelled, according to new reports that state that Oscar-winning actress turned talk show host Mo’Nique‘s nightly slot has been put on an “indefinite hiatus,” which is a big ol’ fancy phrase for CANCELLED.

According to AJCRadio TV Blog, writer Rodney Ho contacted the network to confirm the status of the much loved show. He later got an email from a BET rep which said “The Mo’Nique Show will be on production hiatus beginning in the fall.”

Sidekick to the show Rodney Perry is alleged to have confirmed in a text, “I was told indefinite hiatus.”

He later went on to say that his experience of working on the show has been enjoyable.

“We did some good work. And I think the show is significant. There hasn’t been an outlet for people of color late night since Arsenio. They haven’t had this type of investment ever. We did 300 shows over two seasons. That’s a huge investment.” He continued, “I’m selling out shows now, that’s a win.”

Awww … and another good show bites the dust! Wonder what the problem was though?

BET hosted its 2011 Upfront event this past Wednesday (Apr 20) at the Best Buy Theater, in New York City. Celebs who attended the event included “The Game” stars Hosea Chanchez, Wendy Raquel Robinson, and Pooch Hall, along with BET CEO Debra Lee, 106 and Park hosts Rocsi and Terrence J, on-air personality Wendy Williams, and more.

The press event also featured a performance from R&B singer Marsha Ambrosius and a surprise appearance from rapper Doug E. Fresh.

Check out 10+ pics below!

All of you ‘The Game’ fans can breathe a sigh of relief as the show has been renewed for a fifth season. According to Deadline, BET will make the official announcement Wednesday that they have ordered 22 episodes for the show’s upcoming season.

After BET rescued the show from cancellation its former network The CW, the series has brought in record ratings. When ‘The Game’ debuted on BET earlier this year, it pulled in an astounding 7.7 million viewers, which topped the 2 million viewers it pulled while on The CW network and the 4.4 million that said goodbye when the 4th season ended.

BET is also expected to renew their newest original series ‘Let’s Stay Together’ and announce a series pickup for ‘Reed Between the Lines’ which stars former ‘Girlfriends’ actress Tracee Ellis Ross as a busy psychiatrist, and also stars former ‘Cosby Show’ actor Malcolm Jamal-Warner.

‘The Game’ stars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Hosea Chanchez, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Coby Bell and Brittany Daniel. In the BET revival season, the show featured multiple appearances from Meagan Good, Terrence J and others.

Are you happy for another season of ‘The Game?’

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back and is on BET! The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez and Coby Bell returned for the fourth season of the show. Actress Meagan Good and actor/BET personality Terrence J also appear in the new season.

In the Season 4 finale (which aired Tuesday night, March 29th), Melanie and Derwin see a fertility specialist, Jenna chooses not to reconcile with Malik, and Tasha has an upsetting run-in with Bo (Guest Star: Mario Van Peebles as Bo)

Check out Season 4, Episode 12 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back and is on BET! The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez and Coby Bell returned for the fourth season of the show. Actress Meagan Good and actor/BET personality Terrence J also appear in the new season.

In Tuesday’s (Mar 22) episode, Tasha copes with her new boyfriend’s illness by making a bucket list for the two of them, Malik learns his job is in jeopardy (due to his affair with the team owner’s wife) and Melanie and Derwin discuss having kids.

Check out Season 4, Episode 11 below!!

NOTE: Video updated on 3/24 @ 7:50 PM EST

BET aired their annual “Rip The Runway” Fashion Show Monday night (Mar 21). The event, held last month in New York City, and hosted by Hollywood hotties Selita Ebanks & Mehcad Brooks, featured performances by some of music’s best and brightest including R&B singers Keri Hilson, Melanie Fiona, Miguel, Lloyd and rap newcomer Wiz Khalifa.

Check out their performances below:

Keri Hilson – “Pretty Girl Rock”

Melanie Fiona – “Change The Record”

Wiz Khalifa – “Black & Yellow”

Miguel – “Pay Me”

Lloyd – “Cupid”

Yesterday afternoon (Mar 21), R&B sensation Chris Brown paid a visit to BET’s 106 & Park in New York City to promote his new album F.A.M.E.

While there, the 21-year-old crooner treated lucky onlookers to live performances of  his hit song song “Deuces,” (f/ Tyga) as well as “Look At Me Now” (f/ Busta Rhymes) and  “Ain’t Thinking About You” (f/ Bow Wow).

Check out the pics below, and watch all of the footage from the performances, along with his interview where he shares a glimpse at the making of ‘F.A.M.E’ album when you continue reading…

“Deuces”

“Ain’t Thinking About You”

“Look at Me Now”

Interview

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back and is on BET! The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez and Coby Bell returned for the fourth season of the show. Actress Meagan Good also appears in the new season.

The episode that aired this week (Tue. Mar 15) shows Malik as he plans to end his affair with Parker, and Tasha’s lie about her relationship with Dante is exposed.

Check out Season 4, Episode 10 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” is back and is on BET! The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. Actress Meagan Good also appears in the new season.

This week’s episode (Tue. Mar 8) follows Tasha as she takes Jason’s daughter under her wing. It also shows Melanie struggling to get approval from her parents over her marriage to Derwin.

Check out Season 4, Episode 9 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET earlier this year. The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, the new season also features some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

Tuesday night’s (Mar 1) episode puts its focus on Malik as he tries to put his life back together but is thrown a curveball, while Melanie tries to spice things up in the bedroom with Derwin.

Check out Season 4, Episode 8 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET last month. The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, the new season also features some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

Tuesday night’s (Feb 22) episode focuses mainly on Malik leaving and re-entering rehab with the help of his friends and Melanie‘s argument with her friend Kelly over her “position” in the Sunbeams. The episode also follows Kelly as she tries to stay relevant despite her reality show having troubles. Also, Malik tries to find out the root of all his issues.

Check out Season 4, Episode 7 below!!

Tune in next Wednesday (Mar 2) for next week’s episode!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET last month. The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, the new season also features some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

The episode that aired last night (Tue. Feb 15) highlights Malik (Hosea Chanchez) as he is pushed to the limit in rehab. Meanwhile, Kelly (played by Brittany Daniel) tries to stay involved with the Sunbeams, even though she’s no longer a football player’s wife, and Tasha’s ex boyfriend Rick Fox asks her out, even though she’s building a new relationship with Dante (Terrence J).

Check out Season 4, Episode 6 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET last month. The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, the new season also features some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

The episode that aired last night (Tue. Feb 8) focuses on Derwin (Pooch Hall) as he tries to make amends with Janay. But little does he know, in doing that he could possibly jeopardize his relationship with Melanie (Tia Mowry). Meanwhile, Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) learns a life lesson from Dante (Terrence J).

Check out Season 4, Episode 5 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET last month. The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, the new season also features some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

In the episode that aired last night (Tue. Feb 1), Malik (Hosea Chanchez) deals with the repercussions of getting arrested, and is forced to turn to the Sabers’ new owner for help, while Derwin (Pooch Hall) worries about his relationship with Melanie (Tia Mowry), as well as Malik’s social troubles.

Check out Season 4, Episode 4 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET earlier this month (Tue. Jan 11). The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, the new season also features some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

Check out Season 4, Episode 3 below!!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET last week (Tue. Jan 11). The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, the new season also features some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

Check out Season 4, Episode 2 below!!

Black Hollywood gathered together over the weekend (Sat. Jan 15) in Washington, D.C. for the 4th Annual BET Honors. Stars like Jamie Foxx, Ne-Yo, Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Boris Kodjoe and wife Nicole Ari Parker, and more, walked the red carpet before making their way into the Warner Theater for the ceremony.

The pre-recorded show, hosted by Gabrielle Union, also featured performances by Keyshia Cole, Ne-Yo and Tank, as well as appearances by supermodel Iman, writer/director Tyler Perry and others. The 2011 BET Honors air on TV next month (Mon. Feb 21) at 9pm.

Check out 20+ pics from the 4th Annual BET Honors below!!

Your thoughts on the pics?

Congratulations are definitely in order for BET and the latest addition to their line-up of sitcoms, “The Game!”

According to stats released this week, when the show made its big return to television Tuesday night (1.11.11) via BET (after being dropped from the CW 2 two years ago), “The Game” brought in nearly 8 million viewers, making history as the biggest audience EVER on the network!

More info (along with pics from the premiere party in New York City) below and when you continue reading:

In three seasons on the low-rated CW broadcast network, the sitcom The Game never averaged more than 2.3 million viewers, and in its final season, it averaged a measly 1.68 million, but in its debut on the BET cable network on Tuesday, the show attracted 7.7 million, putting it ahead of much of its broadcast competition. It was the biggest audience ever to tune in to a program on the Viacom-owned network.

“It’s so great to hear from a community that feels they’re being overlooked by the major networks,” BET chief Debra Lee told Advertising Age magazine. Separately, she said in a statement “It is clear these two shows are real game changers for the Network and the proven success of last night tells us that our viewers are not only passionate about the types of programming that we offer, but continue to crave on-air programming that reflects and respects our voices.” (Source)

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Game on!

After a 2-year hiatus, comedy-drama TV series “The Game” came back in a big way on BET Tuesday night (1.11.11). The entire principal cast, including regulars Tia Mowry, Pooch Hall, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Hosea Chanchez, returned for the fourth season of the show. In addition to the returning cast-members, last night’s premiere episode also featured some new faces, including Meagan Good and BET personality Terrence J.

Check out Season 4, Episode 1 below!!

Brandy, Ray J and BET CEO Debra Lee attended the after-party for the premieres of two new BET shows, “The Game” and “Let’s Stay Together,” at the Directors Guild of America Thursday night (Jan 6) in Los Angeles.

Other folks spotted at the event were BET personality Terrence J, actress Loretta Devine, the cast of The Game (including Tia Mowry, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Hosea Chanchez & Brittany Daniel), The Game’s creator Mara Brock Akil and more.

“The Game” and “Let’s Stay Together” both premiere on BET this coming Tuesday (1.11.11) at 10 pm and 11 pm respectively.

Check out a few pics from the premiere after-party in LA below!

Your thoughts on the pics?

The star actors and actresses of “The Game” (Tia Mowry, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Hosea Chanchez and Pooch Hall) are featured on the cover of the latest issue of JET Magazine. Inside the January 17th 2010 issue, JET sits down with the cast members of the BET sitcom and gets the scoop on what fans can expect from the show’s highly anticipated return to television next week.

“Malik is going to go to a really dark place this season. That’s the best way I can describe it,” says Chanchez, who plays Malik Wright. “The way the writers wrote this character this season, it is definitely, by far, my favorite work.”

This issue of JET Mag hits stands Monday (Jan 10), one day before The Game’s big premiere on BET.

Your thoughts on the cover and The Game’s big return to TV?

Keyshia Cole hit the BET 106 & Park stage Monday (Dec 20) and performed a mini-concert to promote her newly released album Calling All Hearts.

The R&B singer performed several tracks from the new album (in stores as of today), including the lead singles “I Ain’t Thru” and “Long Way Down,” as well as a few non-singles, like “If I Fall in Love Again” and “Sometimes.” Cole even brought out Tank to perform “Tired of Doing Me” with her.

Watch all of the performances below!

Thoughts?

While on the promo trail for her new album Basic Instinct, Ciara made a stop at BET’s “106 & Park” yesterday (Tues. Dec 14) to promote the release of the new project. The singer did a little dancing at the urging of the live studio audience, and talked to hosts Terrence J and Rocsi about what she’s doing for Christmas, her new album and more. CiCi even rapped a few lines from her song “U Got Me.”

Check out a few pics of her inside and outside BET Studios in New York City below, and continue reading for the video footage…

Ciara’s “Basic Instinct” is in stores NOW!

Nicki Minaj paid a visit to BET’s 106 & Park Monday (Nov 22) to promote the release of her debut album Pink Friday.

The Young Money rapper chatted it up with host Terrence J about the project, and later took the stage to perform her latest single “Right Thru Me” and fan favorite “Roman’s Revenge.”

Pics and video footage are below…

“ROMAN’S REVENGE” PERFORMANCE

“RIGHT THRU ME” PERFORMANCE

INTERVIEW

Videos Spotted @ Necole Bitchie (via Nicki-Minaj.net)

You would think that someone like Rihanna who has so bad many things written about her on the daily wouldn’t even think about reading a gossip blog, but that’s totally not the case. The Pop star says she doesn’t worry about the bad talk about her she reads online on blogs because she understands what the deal is. Peep what she said below:

“I still read the blogs sometimes, it depends on what it is I am trying to find out. I’m a lot more numb to it now only because I understand what it is. It’s a community for people who don’t have anything else to do and hate themselves. They hate their life, they hate their job, they hate their appearance, they are uncomfortable with who they are so what makes them feel good is talking smack about other people who they think they will never ever see in their life and they happen to be celebrities.”

She continued: “It seems impossible to ever have the opportunity to say these things to their face, so they get to hide behind their computer.”

We wonder who RiRi’s talking to. We love our lives, love our jobs and love how we look! So we know she ain’t talkin bout us (LOL)!!

Check out a few pics of Rihanna on 106 & Park Monday afternoon (Nov 15) below…